{"id":948080,"date":"2026-05-09T10:17:19","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:17:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948080\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T10:17:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T10:17:19","slug":"using-claude-thank-elon-musk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/948080\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Claude? Thank Elon Musk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I went to <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/anthropics-new-ai-announcements-spark-concerns-across-software-sector-2026-1\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Anthropic<\/a>&#8216;s developer conference this week with Business Insider&#8217;s new AI reporter, <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/author\/stephen-council\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Council<\/a>. He&#8217;s a terrific writer and a joy to work with, so give him a <a target=\"_self\" class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/author\/stephen-council?follow-me\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">follow<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\n                          Loading audio narration&#8230;\n                        <\/p>\n<p>The <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/anthropic-deal-to-use-elon-musks-colossus-data-center\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">big news<\/a>: Anthropic is renting AI compute from a giant data center run by SpaceX. So if you use Claude because you think it&#8217;s the most ethical AI chatbot, you now have <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/spacex-terafab-project-cost-texas-elon-musk-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a> to thank when it runs smoothly and fast.<\/p>\n<p>Hence the edited Claude catchphrase in the photo below. Full disclosure, I used generative AI to change this image to make a newsworthy point and have some fun.<\/p>\n<p>                    <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/png\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69fe2b3eba7ef34b41f36810&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/png&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:1448,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:1086}}\" alt=\"An image of Anthropic's developer conference and marketing in San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            Anthropic developer conference in San Francisco. This image has been edited using generative AI to make a newsworthy point.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Alistair Barr\/Business Insider<\/p>\n<p>The broader takeaway: After <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-compute-advantage-crushing-rivals-sam-altman-ai-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">subtly criticizing<\/a> Sam Altman last year for signing too many AI compute deals, Anthropic CEO Dario <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/dario-amodei\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Amodei<\/a> is now copying <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/google-compute-advantage-crushing-rivals-sam-altman-ai-2026-5\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">OpenAI&#8217;s playbook<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Why? AI demand is vastly outstripping compute supply. Anthropic has struggled with <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/ai-compute-limits-anthropic-github-2026-4\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">outages<\/a> and imposed usage limits in recent months, frustrating developers.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We&#8217;ve had difficulties with compute,&#8221; Amodei said on stage. &#8220;We&#8217;re sorry if sometimes it takes some time, but we&#8217;re gonna keep going to acquire as much as we can.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>                    <img xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"lazy-image \" encoding=\"UTF-8\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" data-content-type=\"image\/jpeg\" srcs=\"{&quot;https:\/\/i.insider.com\/69fe2c85e1443b8dc48e35b4&quot;:{&quot;contentType&quot;:&quot;image\/jpeg&quot;,&quot;aspectRatioW&quot;:3175,&quot;aspectRatioH&quot;:2113}}\" alt=\"Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the company's developer conference in San Francisco\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                            Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at the company&#8217;s developer conference in San Francisco\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Andrej Sokolow\/picture alliance via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>Soon after the SpaceX deal was announced, Anthropic relaxed several rate limits, especially around <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/anthropic-ai-breakthrough-vibe-coding-revolution-2025-7\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">Claude Code<\/a>, its fast-growing AI coding service. That matters because some developers recently shifted to OpenAI&#8217;s Codex partly because OpenAI&#8217;s earlier compute deals meant fewer restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>I heard versions of this theme all afternoon at the conference: startups, developers, and tech companies all need more AI capacity.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One startup CEO told me he recently called a top Google executive to plead for more Gemini tokens, the core unit of AI usage these days.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>I also ran into a Cursor executive who crossed his fingers and looked anxious waiting for the startup&#8217;s <a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/spacex-cursor-coding-xai-deal-acquisition-2026-4\" rel=\"noopener\">own SpaceX compute deal<\/a> to kick in. He said shifting massive data-center capacity between customers is relatively easy because most facilities use similar Nvidia GPUs. Indeed, Anthropic said it will have access to new SpaceX compute within the month.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A senior Anthropic executive privately admitted the company underestimated demand. When usage surged far faster than expected this year, they scrambled to respond.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It&#8217;s an incredible problem to have. If Anthropic&#8217;s revenue growth continues at anything close to its current 80x annual pace for another year, the startup would become one of the highest-revenue companies in the world.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen noticed signs of that hypergrowth everywhere at the conference:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ve been covering Big Tech conferences for years. They&#8217;re almost always annual, with long-awaited products to peddle. But for Anthropic, the one-year cycle felt almost pointless. It&#8217;s growing and shipping absurdly fast. I got one demo from someone who&#8217;d been here a few weeks; other workers told me they can barely keep up. Features are flipping from research preview to public beta in no time. If Anthropic can&#8217;t teach its developers and customers week-in, week-out, no one will be able to follow along.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sign up for BI&#8217;s Tech Memo newsletter <\/strong><a target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/subscription\/newsletter\/tech-memo\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;tout_click&quot;,&quot;index&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;,&quot;product_field&quot;:&quot;bi_value_unassigned&quot;}\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a><strong>. Reach out to me via email at <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/mailto:abarr@businessinsider.com\" data-track-click=\"{&quot;click_type&quot;:&quot;other&quot;,&quot;element_name&quot;:&quot;body_link&quot;,&quot;event&quot;:&quot;outbound_click&quot;}\" rel=\" nofollow noopener\">abarr@businessinsider.com<\/a><strong>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"I went to Anthropic&#8216;s developer conference this week with Business Insider&#8217;s new AI reporter, Stephen Council. 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